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T have not seen fresh berries; they are described as being red. 
Dried herbarium specimens -at Columbia College are old and 
faded, but have a ruddy tinge. M. De Candolle says that they 
blacken in drying. Grisebach* calls them « purple.” 
The plant has migrated from the West Indies, where it is 
common, and has been collected by Rugel and A. H. Curtiss near 
the coast in Southern Florida, by Blodgett at Key West, and by. 
Simpson on Little Pine Key. Extends into Mexico. Flowers, 
March. 
SMItax Waxtert Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 249 (1814). 
Smilax caduca, EN. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 701 (1824), not L. 
Glabrous. Stem angled, prickly near the base; branches often 
Square, commonly unarmed. Petioles 2/6” long, stout, angular ; 
Stipular sheath \%-¥, the length of the petiole, the margins often 
€nticulate. Blade broad-ovate, lanceolate, rarely obtusely 2-lobed 
at the base (as in specimens collected by A. H. Curtiss, near Jack- 
Sonville, Florida, No. 2863), cordate, subcordate, rounded or 
abruptly acute at base, cuspidate at the apex, smooth on the 
Margins, sparsely lineolate, 5-7-nerved, 2’-5’ long, 10-314’ wide. 
Peduncles 2”_5’’ long, flattened, thickening with age, 6—15-flowered. 
Receptacle depressed-globose, 114” broad, or often quite irregular 
in shape ; bracteoles few,acuminate. Pedicels very slender, 2’—3” 
long. Segments of male perianth oblong, 3/’-4” long, 4—\% 
longer than the stamens. Anthers 4%4—¥% shorter than the fila- 
ments. Female flowers with perianth segments 144/—2"" long, 
evaty 3-celled, 3-ovuled. Berries coral red, globose, 3/’-4”” in 
‘ameter, 2-3-seeded, maturing the first year. 
Pine barrens and swamps. New Jersey to Florida, Tennes- 
See and Louisiana. Flowers, April-June. Fruit, September— 
November, 
16. Switax Lanceoata L. Sp. Pl. 1031 (1753). 
Smilax ovata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 249 (1814). 
Glabrous, Stem and branches terete, branchlets subangular, 
Mostly unarmed ; climbing over trees sometimes for 30 feet. Peti- 
Ole 3//_2v long; stipular sheath about ¥%4 the length of the petiole, 
argins Narrow, parallel, entire or ciliolate. Blade usually rather 
thin in texture, ovate or more commonly lanceolate, acute at the 
S, acute or acuminate at the apex, smooth on the margins, 
“ning above, sparingly lineolate, 5-7-nerved, 2’~314’ long, 6’— 
ay’ Wide. Pédantles thick, angled, 3-8” long, 8-40-flowered. 
*Fl. Brit. W. 1. Islands, 586. 
